Final Election Observation Report – 2023

The extraordinary parliamentary and Belgrade elections were not free and fair.

The election outcomes emerged as a result of the unlawful advantages gained by the ruling party, with the complicity of several state institutions and authorities – primarily the Ministry of Public Administration and Local Self-Government, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, as well as bodies of certain local self-governments.

From the moment when the elections were officially called, institutions increasingly disregarded legal constraints, leading to local election results in Belgrade not reflecting the freely expressed will of the citizens, and significantly compromising the legitimacy of parliamentary election outcomes.

Read the full report below.